Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) Female carrying two males attempting to displace one another to mate, West sussex, England, UK, July
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) carrying large weevil back to burrow, paralysed as food for larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) emerging from burrow where it stores insects, paralysed to feed the wasp's larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) taking paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) taking paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) taking paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) taking paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) taking paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), flying carrying paralysed female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), dragging paralysed female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), emerging from burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying to nest carrying paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium). Followed by male White zoned furrow bee. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK....
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), sunbathing outside burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), flying carrying paralysed female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), flying carrying paralysed White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) River Monnow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying to burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying to nest burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), flying carrying paralysed female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), at nest hole, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), flying carrying paralysed female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) to nest, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), predating female White zoned furrow bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying to nest burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Phil Savoie / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying to nest burrow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying back to burrow carrying paralysed mining bee, Oxfordshire, England, UK, July
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) carrying paralysed Mining bee (Andrena flavipes) back to burrow where the victim will be eaten by the wasp larvae, Surrey, England, UK
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) carrying paralysed Mining bee (Andrena flavipes) back to burrow where the victim will be eaten by the wasp larvae, Surrey, England, UK
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Andy Sands / Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai) a cleptoparasite in the nest of various Cerceris sp. wasps, on sandy soil, Surrey, England, UK. August.
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) carrying large weevil back to burrow, paralysed as food for larvae, Surrey, England, UK. August
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Andy Sands / Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai) a cleptoparasite in the nest of various Cerceris sp. wasps, on sandy soil, Surrey, England, UK. August.
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MYN / Pierre Escoubas / Wasp (Cerceris sp) Valbonne, France, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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Rod Williams / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) on hogweed, Lewisham, London, June
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Rod Williams / Digger Wasp (Cerceris Sp) feeding on Creeping thistles Lewisham, London, July
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) Mating pair with third male attempting to displace his rival, West sussex, England, UK, July
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) positioning paralysed weevil to carry back to burrow. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) with mining bee prey, paralysed for feeding to larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Ruby Tailed Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai / rutilans) approaching the burrow of Cerceris arenaria which it will parasitise with its larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) excavating debris from burrow, stocked with mining bees to feed larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Satellite fly (Metopia sp.) waiting for Cerceris wasps which it will attempt to lay egg on. Surrey, England, UK, July.
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Staffan Widstrand / Ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) covered in pollen on the ground with fly prey, Oijse Waard, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. June.
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Staffan Widstrand / Ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) approaching nest hole with fly prey, Oijse Waard, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. June.
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Andy Sands / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying back to burrow, carrying paralysed Mining bee (Andrena sp) to lay eggs on. Oxfordshire, England, UK. July.
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Alex Hyde / Female Ornate-talied digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) emerging from burrow, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) entering its burrow in cliff edge sand bank with a Weevil (Curculionidae sp.) it has paralysed to act as food for its larvae, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) about to enter its burrow in cliff edge sand bank, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) emerging from burrow of Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria), seeking to take over in cliff edge sand bank, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) sunning on cliff edge sand bank, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) with weevil prey. Suffolk, UK. July.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) with weevil prey. Suffolk, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) in flight over burrow patrolling territory, London, England, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) in flight over sandy habitat, Oxfordshire, England, UK, August
